Microsoft® patterns & practices for Application Architecture and Design include reference architectures and application blocks. Here is a list of such patterns & practices for application architecture and design.

The Complete List of patterns & practices

Architectural Topics

• Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications and Services (patterns & practices)
• Authentication in ASP.NET: .NET Security Guidance (patterns & practices)
• Caching Architecture Guide for .NET Framework Applications (patterns & practices)
• .NET Data Access Architecture Guide (patterns & practices)
• Designing Data Tier Components and Passing Data Through Tiers (patterns & practices)
• Designing Application-Managed Authorization (patterns & practices)
• Exception Management Architecture Guide (patterns & practices)
• Monitoring in .NET Distributed Application Design (patterns & practices)
• Microsoft .NET/COM Migration and Interoperability (patterns & practices)
• Web Service Facade for Legacy Applications (patterns & practices)

Application Blocks

• Enterprise Library (patterns & practices)
• Aggregation Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Asynchronous Invocation Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Caching Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Configuration Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Cryptography Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Data Access Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Exception Handling Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Logging and Instrumentation Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Security Application Block (patterns & practices)
• Updater Application Block (patterns & practices)
• User Interface Process Application Block (patterns & practices)